{"id":598918,"date":"2026-04-11T00:04:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T00:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/598918\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T00:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T00:04:13","slug":"monaco-clinches-play-in-with-huge-win-over-barca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/598918\/","title":{"rendered":"Monaco clinches Play-in with huge win over Barca"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AS Monaco defeated their standings rivals Barcelona with a huge 93-86 win in Round 37 to clinch a spot in the play-in.<\/p>\n<p>                                Credit: Alfonso Cannavacciuolo\/Getty Images\/Euroleague Basketball<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lightgallery_item d-block mx-auto\" style=\"height:auto;\" data-facebook-share-url=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/image-467607-any1000x1000.jpg\" data-googleplus-share-url=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/image-467607-any1000x1000.jpg\" data-pinterest-share-url=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/image-467607-any1000x1000.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"#slider_photo_caption_main\" href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/image-467607-any1000x1000.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-467607-crop516x516.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Credit Alfonso Cannavacciuolo\/Getty Images\/Euroleague Basketball<\/p>\n<p>Credit Alfonso Cannavacciuolo\/Getty Images\/Euroleague Basketball<\/p>\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/config\/basketnews.lt\/_v2-images\/icons\/star-lock.svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Advanced stats is available only to BN+ subscribers<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;<br \/>\n            data-bs-html=&#8221;true&#8221;<br \/>\n            data-bs-trigger=&#8221;manual&#8221;&gt;<br \/>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/advanced-stats\/overview\/25-euroleague\/2025\/2222-as-monaco\" class=\"btn btn-sm flex-grow-1 btn-light-alt disabled\" disabled=\"disabled\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adv. 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Stats<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/teams\/2222-as-monaco.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AS Monaco<\/a> secured their spot in the play-in with a big win in Round 37.<\/p>\n<p>Led by their guard duo of Mike James and Elie Okobo, Monaco defeated Barcelona at home, <a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/games\/view\/121774-as-monaco-fc-barcelona.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">93\u201386<\/a>, to claim their 21st win of the season.<\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/a\/status\/2042665029531517151\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">   <\/p>\n<p>With their second victory over Barcelona, they also secured the head-to-head advantage.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Barcelona, now 20\u201317, can no longer finish higher than ninth in the standings and will need to win both play-in games to advance to the playoffs as the No. 8 seed.<\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/a\/status\/2042681575536533931\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">   <\/p>\n<p>For Monaco, Elie Okobo and Mike James both finished with 16 points.<\/p>\n<p>On the losing side, Kevin Punter led Barcelona with 27 points and four assists.<\/p>\n<p>Monaco: Mike James 16 (9\/9 FT), Elie Okobo 16 (4\/5 2PT, 2\/5 3PT, 8 AST), Matthew Strazel 14 (3\/6 3PT, 6 REB, 5 AST, 5 TO), Jaron Blossomgame 13 (4\/6 2PT, 7 REB), Kevarrius Hayes 13 (4\/7 2PT, 5\/5 FT), Daniel Theis 11, Juhann Begarin 7.<\/p>\n<p>Barcelona: Kevin Punter 27 (4\/8 2PT, 6\/7 3PT, 4 AST), Will Clyburn 13 (4\/10 3PT, 5 REB, 4 TO), Dario Brizuela 13 points (3\/5 3PT), Miles Norris 9 (3\/5 3PT), Jan Vesely 8 (4\/5 2PT, 5 REB), Willy Hernangomez 8.<\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/plus?utm_source=basketnews_com&amp;utm_medium=bn_plus&amp;utm_id=UA-259273-31&amp;utm_campaign=banners_free_content_for_not_members_bottom_6\" class=\"banners_paid_content_info_block_white banners-paid-content-info-block-white\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bn-plus-img img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bn-plus.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                            Thank you for reading us! 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